Escape with me from the summer heat for just a moment. Grab a basket, take off your shoes and let the grass poke through your toes as you walk to the patches of wild blueberry bushes. As you’re picking the ripe, juicy fruit and popping the flavorful berries in your mouth, you’re also [...]
Continue reading...Blueberry Mango Smoothie
one of my favorites!… and loaded with nutrition and benefits!
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 1/2 cups mango
1/2 banana
1 Tbsp flax oil
Ice water or milk alternative (almond, rice, coconut…)
Stevia to taste, optional
Protein powder of choice (whey, hemp, pea, soy, egg white…), optional
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Blend until creamy, adding water or milk alternative to desired consistency.
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago at 11:36 am.
Cool Cucumber Soup
Refreshing ideas for hot summer days!
1 large cucumber (English are my favorite)
¼” slice red onion
1 garlic clove
¼ tsp sea salt
½ lemon, juiced
½ avocado
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Blend all ingredients until smooth. Serve well chilled. Yield: 1-2 bowls.
Variations:
Add fresh herbs
Sprinkle in Italian Seasoning or fresh pepper
Add small chunks of avocado, fresh corn, peas or red pepper
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago at 6:23 pm.
More Essential Hug Therapy
We continue the Valentine’s theme with a unique and different perspective on relationships and love and how it relates to our health!
It seems too easy, but its true! Hugs affect all of us and at every stages of life. We need social, physical contact, that includes touch in any context…from friendship…to family…to the [...]
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago at 4:06 pm.
Hug Therapy…It’s Essential!
During Valentine’s month, how about a unique and different perspective on relationships and love and how it relates to our health!
According to the Field of Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami Medical School, the US is not a very “touchy” culture, compared to Europe. Touch plays an important role in the release of [...]
Posted 7 months ago at 9:41 am.
Ways to Cleanse and Detox
The possibilities are endless, but here are just a few:
Eliminate refined foods, sugars, artificial sweeteners, food additives, caffeine (sodas, coffee)
Add lots of fruits and veggies-especially green leafies-and beans, nuts & seeds
Lemon juice cleanse drinks – 1-3 days
Juice fasting – green vegetable juices are best (not fruit juices)
For deeper cleansing benefits, [...]
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago at 1:35 pm.
Cleansing and Detox Benefits
The benefits to nutritional cleansing and detox truly are an important part of health and wellness! Here are just a few of the ways they may benefit your body:
Lose Weight and Feel Great – Studies show fat cells can hold onto impurities as a mechanism for protecting itself from dangerous impurities. Cleansing aids [...]
Continue reading...Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago at 1:29 pm.
Why Cleanse and Detox?
Cleansing the body at an internal level is a hot topic, and for good reason. We live in a very toxic world. Herbicides, petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, food additives and synthetic drugs can have an adverse effect on our cells, internal organs and state of health. Over 20 million pounds of antibiotics were injected [...]
Continue reading...Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago at 3:55 pm.
Smoothies…Good Enough to be Dessert!
Yummy ways to incorporate coconut oil:
Tropical Smoothie
1 cup milk alternative – almond, soy, rice, coconut milk
1 Tbsp extra virgin coconut oil
1 Tbsp ground flax seeds
1 Tbsp shredded coconut
stevia (to taste)
1-2 cups frozen fruit blend – pineapple, mango, papaya
1 banana
Blend at high speed until smooth. Add more “milk” for a thinner smoothie OR more fruit for a thicker, [...]
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago at 12:44 pm.
Health from Coconut Oil
Fat has gotten a bad rap over the years, even inciting fear that eating just a bite will “pack on the pounds.” (Remember the days of “fat free” everything?!) This is so far from the truth! Fats are essential to life. They make up a part of every single cell in our body, and the [...]
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